2016 | U.S. DOE Office of Science (SC)

Researchers Develop Way to Better Predict Disease-Causing Mutations in Human Genes

Two University of Tennessee researchers have developed a method that could help clinicians and scientists better predict which mutations in people’s genes could cause a disease and which would remain dormant.

A Radar Gun For Unruly Atoms

A team of scientists at the University of Vermont have discovered a new use for X-rays at the atomic scale: using them like a radar gun to measure the motion and velocity of complex and messy groups of atoms.

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IU Physicist Leads Discovery of New Particle: 'Four-Flavored' Tetraquark

Research led by Indiana University physicist Daria Zieminska has resulted in the first detection of a new form of elementary particle: the "four-flavored" tetraquark.

Carbon Nanotubes Improve Metal’s Longevity Under Radiation

A team of researchers at MIT and elsewhere has found that, at least in some reactors, adding a tiny quantity of carbon nanotubes to the metal can dramatically slow this breakdown process.

Penn Researchers Move One Step Closer to Sustainable Hydrogen Production

Splitting water into its hydrogen and oxygen parts may sound like science fiction, but it’s the end goal of chemists and chemical engineers like Christopher Murray of the University of Pennsylvania and Matteo Cargnello of Stanford University.

Noncoding Mutations Disrupt Cooperative Function of ‘Gene Families’ in Rare Genetic Disorder

Scientists at Johns Hopkins say they are one step closer to understanding the genetic mechanism of a rare, complex, multiple-gene disorder called Hirschsprung’s disease.

To Battle Mosquito-Borne Disease, SLAC X-ray Laser Provides New View of Insecticides

An international research team has collected detailed structural data on two proteins in an insecticide by blasting them with an intense beam of bright, fast pulses of light at the Linac Coherent Light Source at the SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory, in order to adapt current larvicides and target the Aedes mosquitoes.

New Kind of Supercapacitor Made Without Carbon

Researchers at MIT and elsewhere have for the first time developed a supercapacitor that uses no conductive carbon at all, and that could potentially produce more power than existing versions of this technology.

U of A Graduate Student Selected for DOE Science Research Award

Raymond Walter, a doctoral student in physics and mathematics, is the first student from the University of Arkansas selected for a U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science Graduate Research Award.

Dynamic Duo: USU Biochemists Peg Tandem Halves of Life-Critical Enzyme

Utah State University biochemists and colleagues report a tenacious enzyme that uses a similar principle to break nitrogen’s unrelenting bonds and convert the life-critical gas into ammonia to fuel the world’s food supply.

UNT Professor Receives Grant for Research that Could Lead to Alternative Energy Use

Kent Chapman, Regents Professor of biological sciences at the University of North Texas, has been awarded a $650,000 grant by the U.S. Department of Energy Office of Science. The grant is part of ongoing funding from the DOE and will be used to study the cellular storage of lipids in plants.

Energy Award Supports Research on New Method of Making Ammonia

University of Arkansas engineering professor Lauren Greenlee and her colleagues at Case Western Reserve and Pennsylvania State universities have received a $599,373 award from the U.S. Department of Energy to study an alternative method for making ammonia.